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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2541
Sant Antoni de Calaceit
Protohistory and Iberian world

loom weight

MAC BCN-019858

Object type
loom weight
Production date
-400 / -200
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Protohistory and Iberian world
Discovery location
Sant Antoni de Calaceit
Materials
terracotta
Township
Calaceit (Europa, Espanya, Aragó, Terol)
Technique
moulding
Where is it?
Reserva provisonal
Dimensions
59 x 34 x 16 mm
Description
Weight loom from the Iberian settlement of San Antonio (Calaceite, Matarraña, Teruel). Small piece of clay with a hole made at the top when the clay was still soft. It has complex decoration of incised lines that intersect the sides forming diamonds and stamps impressed on the sides and back. This weight loom was recovered in the excavations of the Iberian village of San Antonio de Calaceite, conducted by the Institute of Catalan Studies, under the direction of Pere Bosch Gimpera (1915-1919). Its use is related to weaving, in this case a small loom, perhaps the waist type to make borders. It is a weight which, together with similar ones arranged in the loom, would keep the warp threads stretched.

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